Dear Juno, Or Any Other Pregnant Teenager in the Same Situation,
I am currently a 17 year-old senior at Foothill Technology High School and I watched your story in my Government class. As I witnessed your emotional journey through the heart-wrenching pregnancy, I asked myself, could this have been prevented? I am not portraying that your decision was ignorant or immature, I just wonder about how there are so many viable resources that you could have obtained, and furthermore, halting your pregnancy. Do not get me wrong, you are quite a courageous and strong willed girl being able to carry that baby to term and to fight all the emotions that tried to drag you down. I cannot even imagine how hard it was to block out all that negativity you experienced from your fellow classmates and being constantly stared out. Anyways, I mainly write to you today for the reason of why you didn't reach out to your family or consult with a doctor in order to acquire some sort of birth control before having intercourse. I know you weren't planning on having sex with Bleeker and it sort of just happened because there was "nothing on TV", but you still could have waited until you were on birth control or even if Bleeker had a condom. Similarly, I too knew someone who got pregnant when she was in high school, however, she decided to keep the baby and be a teen mom. My older brother's friend became pregnant her senior year of high school and she knew she made a huge mistake. Unfortunately, she had to drop out of school and take care of the baby, while the father remained in school and eventually started to fade away from the situation. It was extremely hard for her, but she knew she made a regretful choice when getting pregnant, so she felt she deserved to face the consequences which was to raise a baby. To sum it up, I think it is very sad and depressing to see a girl throw away her future life and dreams by simply making one bad choice. I say this because you basically had to put your life on hold once you got pregnant; not being able to do fun things with your friends because instead you had to get an ultrasound. The sacrificing is painful, but luckily you didn't have to sacrifice the rest of your life because you gave it up for adoption. I think you made the right choice in carrying out the baby and giving it up for adoption. In your situation, I believe it was a win-win for you in that you won't have to carry the burden of aborting a baby over your shoulders for the rest of your life, and you gave that baby to a loving mother who is beyond ready to tackle the responsibility of taking care of a baby. I hope you grasped some advice from this letter and I hope you learned a lot from your experience, because someday you may encounter someone who is going through the same journey. Sincerely, Brian Andrews
Dear Juno, Or Any Other Pregnant Teenager in the Same Situation,
I am currently a 17 year-old senior at Foothill Technology High School and I watched your story in my Government class. As I witnessed your emotional journey through the heart-wrenching pregnancy, I asked myself, could this have been prevented? I am not portraying that your decision was ignorant or immature, I just wonder about how there are so many viable resources that you could have obtained, and furthermore, halting your pregnancy. Do not get me wrong, you are quite a courageous and strong willed girl being able to carry that baby to term and to fight all the emotions that tried to drag you down. I cannot even imagine how hard it was to block out all that negativity you experienced from your fellow classmates and being constantly stared out.
Anyways, I mainly write to you today for the reason of why you didn't reach out to your family or consult with a doctor in order to acquire some sort of birth control before having intercourse. I know you weren't planning on having sex with Bleeker and it sort of just happened because there was "nothing on TV", but you still could have waited until you were on birth control or even if Bleeker had a condom.
Similarly, I too knew someone who got pregnant when she was in high school, however, she decided to keep the baby and be a teen mom. My older brother's friend became pregnant her senior year of high school and she knew she made a huge mistake. Unfortunately, she had to drop out of school and take care of the baby, while the father remained in school and eventually started to fade away from the situation. It was extremely hard for her, but she knew she made a regretful choice when getting pregnant, so she felt she deserved to face the consequences which was to raise a baby.
To sum it up, I think it is very sad and depressing to see a girl throw away her future life and dreams by simply making one bad choice. I say this because you basically had to put your life on hold once you got pregnant; not being able to do fun things with your friends because instead you had to get an ultrasound. The sacrificing is painful, but luckily you didn't have to sacrifice the rest of your life because you gave it up for adoption.
I think you made the right choice in carrying out the baby and giving it up for adoption. In your situation, I believe it was a win-win for you in that you won't have to carry the burden of aborting a baby over your shoulders for the rest of your life, and you gave that baby to a loving mother who is beyond ready to tackle the responsibility of taking care of a baby.
I hope you grasped some advice from this letter and I hope you learned a lot from your experience, because someday you may encounter someone who is going through the same journey.
Sincerely,
Brian Andrews